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Twelve Restaurant

"The smoked chicken is our accident dish," Scott Bauer, co-owner of Butcher's Bistro says. "Tyson [Holzheimer] was smoking chickens and he handed me a leg. I said it was great but I wished the skin was crispy." With that, Bauer recounts, Holzheimer dropped the leg into the fryer...

Sad news arrived today: Twelve Restaurant, one of 5280's 25 Best Restaurants, will close its doors after service on August 23. The announcement comes a few months after owner Jeff Osaka revealed he's opening Osaka Ramen, a Tokyo-inspired noodle shop, at 26th and Walnut...

Ask A Chef is an on-going series in which 5280 poses a single question to a local culinary luminary. In February, five Denver chefs, one local bar, and one Aspen restaurant were nominated for the prestigious James Beard Awards for excellence in the culinary field. With so...

When fresh figs show up in the produce aisle, I buy them almost daily. The season—there are two, actually—is fleeting and to me, there's nothing quite like the earthy sweetness of the dense fruit. So, when I saw the panna cotta with port wine gelee, fresh figs, and a house-made fig newton...

Twelve Restaurant in Denver's Ballpark neighborhood has gained a loyal following for its seasonal menu--one that lists 12 dishes and changes monthly (or 12 times a year—get it?). You can count on chef-owner Jeff Osaka to deliver fresh, innovative takes on dishes...

In the last three weeks, I have been home for dinner exactly five times. That's a lot of restaurant dining, with dozens of dishes and too many courses to count. But even in this sea of meals there are moments that stand out. One of those is the summer white bean stew at Twelve Restaurant ...